Revelation 1:14 (LSB)

Passage

And His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire.

Nearby Context

Revelation 1:12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands;

Revelation 1:13 and in the middle of the lampstands I saw one like a son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and girded across His chest with a golden sash.

Revelation 1:14 And His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire.

Revelation 1:15 His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters,

Revelation 1:16 and having in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp two-edged sword which comes out of His mouth, and His face was like the sun shining in its power.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "head", "hair", "white", "like", "wool", and "snow". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "head" and "hair", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "and in the middle of the lampstands..." into verse 15's "His feet were like burnished bronze when...", so "head" and "hair" belong inside that flow. In Revelation context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "head" and "hair" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.